As a professional journalist I am a man. I have come back to my home-country to report on the Nato-summit and how Mr. Obama is doing in Germany. He is doing great except he makes european politicians look pale. Get it? Here is my article:
Love at first summit
by Hans Fritz reporting from his [...]
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Love At First Summit
Germany Wanted A Döner And Did Not Get A Dane
It´s the Nato-summit in Baden Baden. Technically that means Swim Swim in German. As every proffessional journalist i would always prefer a hotel with a swim-swim over one without a swim-swim. Sauna is also nice. I am a german proffesional journalist after all. We like to get rid of our pants every once in a [...]
New Layout
Dear Readers, I just got one comment on this humble blog. That made me realize: This blog is not a fun-thing no more. It has become serious. Therefore I had the layout changed. Check it out: It looks really professional now. I replaced the blue with white and did some other tricks that look really [...]
President Barack Obama at inauguration “Sausages are the cornerstone of democracy!”
As a professional journalist, sometimes I really have to work. Like now. I have to watch the inauguration on CNN and then write a long article on how I liked it (or on how the NY-Times liked it) and what it means for Germany. Hello Germany? Do you have an idea how long the whole [...]
Hans Fritz In Trouble
Today was not such a great day. It is the middle of the day and my workday is not over, the old calculation for foreign-correspondent-workhours might not work today. That is not usual for a professional German journalist in New York. Not usual.
I got a phonecall from my editor. The editor was fuming. She [...]
Why Journalists Do Not Travel
German journalists in the USA do not travel because they have everything they need: They have an office and a computer. They have google. And three newspapers. Also they have only two hours every day. So a professional journalist does not travel. Exceptions are when a company invites you. Then you may travel, but only [...]
The Stock-Market Is Like A Cat
Today was a good day. My breakfast was long. And when the day began, it was almost over. That is usal for a German journalist in New York. Journalists are people who work from 9 to 5. But we have a six hour time-difference. Here comes the correspondents calculation:
Official Work Hour Calculation For Foreign [...]
How to watch a debate with normal Americans (and have free French beers)
Yesterday I did what German Journalists in New York do every day:
I knocked back a couple of beers in front of the TV. But I also did something that German Journalists in New York normally do not do. I watched a debate. “This one will be like a soccer-game”, they told me before. “It will [...]
How I was supposed to meet Bill Clinton and had delicious cereal instead
A couple of days ago someone called me. Nothing special for a German journalist in New York. We get called all the time here: A salesperson from Victorias Secret called a week ago, and asked me when I would pick up the underpants I had ordered. The insurace-company called – and told me my car [...]
Warmes Welcome
Dear Welt, dear readers,
a German warm welcome (which some might consider a rather cold welcome) from Hans Fritz.
I am ein deutsche TV – Reporter in the United States of America, foreign corresponding back home. But not only am I reporting back to Germany, nein!
I have also come to learn your ways, beloved [...]
